Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season. WEKU · Jan 20, 2023
What would a Senate candidate representative of California look like? SANTA ANA, Calif. — California isn't the same state as when Sen. Dianne Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992. The Orange County Register · Jan 18, 2023
A once-in-a-generation political fight is heating up in California for this seat SAN JOSE, Calif. — A once-in-a-generation political battle is heating up in California as candidates begin to spar over Dianne Feinstein’s coveted Senate seat, promising reverberations that will shake up everything from representation in the U.S. House to local Bay Area elections. Tribune News Service · Jan 17, 2023
At the Races: Cooking with gas - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter. Roll Call · Jan 12, 2023
Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024. Los Angeles Times · Jan 12, 2023
Rep. Barbara Lee plans to run for Senate in 2024 Lee would be the third Black woman senator in the chamber's history. Axios · Jan 11, 2023
Porter announces 2024 run for Feinstein seat in Senate - Roll Call California Rep. Katie Porter announced she's running for Senate in 2024, when the seat held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be up. Roll Call · Jan 10, 2023
George Skelton: Feinstein won't step down early. But when she does, these contenders have the best shot at her seat SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's not an election year, but in 2023 we'll see a hot race begin for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat. Los Angeles Times · Dec 20, 2022
Feinstein says she won't step down early from Senate WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Monday she has every intention of serving the remainder of her Senate term and is still deliberating whether to retire in 2024. Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022
Erika D. Smith: Representation matters. But a Mayor Karen Bass means more for Black women in LA Watching Karen Bass be given her flowers for becoming the first woman and only the second Black person to be elected mayor of Los Angeles, I can't help but think of how much has changed in California over the past two years. Los Angeles Times · Nov 18, 2022
House easily passes defense bill WASHINGTON — The House has passed, 329-101, its version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which would authorize $840.2 billion in national defense spending, after sifting through hundreds of amendments and hours of debate. Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022
House votes down lowering military costs "The American people are on to the racket and mobilizing to demand a reallocation of funding" Salon · Jul 15, 2022
House easily passes NDAA - Roll Call The House passed its fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which would authorize $840.2 billion in military spending, Roll Call · Jul 14, 2022
Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget Defense Department appropriations legislation for the current fiscal year funded more than $58 billion worth of military projects that the administration did not request, according to a first-of-its-kind Pentagon report. Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022
Roll Call · Jul 14, 2022 Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget - Roll Call Additions made by Congress to the Defense Department's budget included money for disaster response, the war in Ukraine, ships and more.
Benzinga · Jul 14, 2022 House Lawmakers Filed Cannabis Protection Amendments For Veterans And Folks Living In Federally Assisted Housing House lawmakers recently introduced new amendments to a series of cannabis laws to fund parts of the federal government for the coming year, reported Mariju
Ballotpedia · May 18, 2022 Primary will narrow field to two candidates in California’s 27th Congressional District Seven candidates are running in the top-two primary for California’s 27th Congressional District on June 7, 2022. Incumbent Mike Garcia (R), John Quaye Quartey (D), and Christy Smith (D) have received the most media attention.
WEKU · Apr 1, 2022 Community remembers pandemic leader Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage Community remembers pandemic leader Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage
Benzinga · Apr 1, 2022 US House Approves Bill To End Federal Cannabis Prohibition, MORE Act: What Does This Mean? The U.S.
Irish Mirror · Mar 31, 2022 U2 frontman Bono spotted on Capitol Hill campaigning to ensure global access for Covid vaccines The singer posed for pictures with several American politicians while visiting Washington D.C.
Benzinga · Mar 22, 2022 Bipartisan Resolution Instructs US To Influence Cannabis De-Scheduling From UN Treaty Representatives Nancy Mace (R) and Barbara Lee (D) filed a resolution on Friday expressing “the sense of Congress” that the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs should use &ldqu
Salon · Jan 27, 2022 Left: "No military solution" on Ukraine Leading progressives Pramila Jayapal and Barbara Lee call on Biden "to find a diplomatic way out of this crisis"